Chapter 4: Remembering Emily Quartermaine.

Author's Note:

Please listen to the song Nara (theme from cold case). Enjoy and don't forget to review.

Lucky watched as Elizabeth and Jason walked in the church hand in hand. He watched as Lulu walked in with some unknown boy about her age along with Luke, Tracy and the rest of the Quartermaines. His eyes wandered to Robin who oddly enough showed up without Patrick and stayed close to Mac, Maxie, Maxie's boyfriend, Georgie and Spinelli. Last, but not least he noticed the only family Nicholas had besides the Spencers, Alexis and Sam. Everyone was there, but two people, two people whom he felt should have been there. He wasn't thinking about himself or his mother, he was thinking about Nicholas's son, Spencer and their young infant daughter, Paige. After much thought he realized that this wasn't a place for a child, a three year old wasn't old enough to deal with the loss of two parents. Eventually Spencer would have to understand death, but with death came love and swore to himself in that moment that he'd make sure that someone would make the boy and later their daughter understand that, understand the love story, the fairytale that they lived.

He took a deep breath as they all entered the church realizing that the ceremony was getting ready to start and that it was time he came out of hiding.

"You're hands ever shake Robert?" He lifted up his hand.

"Once and a while," Robert gently grabbed onto Lucky's hand forcing his hand to stop moving, "Lucky you can do this."

He glanced up at Robert who let go of his hand he slowly set his hand down and assured Robert, "Oh I know, I know I can do this."

"Than let's go," Robert put his hand the door.

"You go in without me," Lucky looked at clock trying to figure out how much time he needed, "I just need some time to myself. I promise I'll come in at some point."

"I want to see you in there. They were two people who loved you very much; you owe them to be there."

"I know, thank you Robert and um don't tell anyone I'm here, I still kind of want it to be a surprise if anyone asks any questions."

"Alright, I'll see you inside." Robert opened the door to see the priest about to close the doors to the ceremony, "Wait sir!"

"This is the Emily Quartermaine and Nicholas Cassadine Funeral right?" Robert asked.

"Yes it is and it's a good thing you're here, we're just about to start," the priest started to close them when Robert offered, "Let me do it, you get started."

"Well thank you," the old man smiled and walked into the main room.

Robert creaked open the door so Lucky could slide in and then wandered to the doors that lead to the church. He looked in the rows and at last saw Mac who remained in the back with Georgie and Maxie and of course his daughter.

"We are gathered here today…" The priest begun to spoke and Robert felt it was a perfect time to find his seat next to Robin.

Robin looked over, "Dad?" She whispered.

"Shh…" He quietly whispered back smiling at her before nodding hello to Mac who noticed he was there.

"We are gathered here today to remember the lives of Nicholas Cassadine and Emily Quartermaine." The priest looked down at his notes as he continued to introduce what today was about, remembering two people who meant a lot to many people.

Lucky sat in the car thinking about today and the people he was suppose to be remembering, but whenever he tried to remember his brother and Emily it only made him feel guilty that he wasn't their to witness the few hours that they were the happiest of their lives. He wondered if he had been there if he could have convinced Nicholas to live for his son, he wondered if he could have been able to protect Emily, he wondered if he could have changed the outcome of the night. He had an outburst, a fit of rage as he blamed himself once again for things that were really out of his control.

"This is all your fault!" He shouted at himself, "Just like your failed marriage, the child that she lied to you about, you are your father! You're a loser Lucky Spencer!" He became a person he didn't want to become, but by doing this he was forgiving himself.

He hunched over feeling a whole different set of emotions, "Nicholas! Emily! I'm sorry, I wanted to be there I did, I wanted to, but I couldn't. I'm sorry, I'm sorry for the marriage, for the lies, for everything, I want to make things better."

It was as if he heard a voice in his head, possibly his mother's, but more likely his heart, "You're forgiven. It's ok."

Lucky became calm again. He pulled the mirror down and wiped the tears from his eyes, grabbed the first aid kit and grabbed a small wipe to wash the emotions off. He threw the wipe down at the first aid kit and checked out his face, "Much better."

He was about to put the mirror up when he saw the bandage on his ear. He slowly took it off to see if it was done bleeding, he didn't want to bring any unnecessary attention to himself and walking into a room of people you haven't seen in months with bandages covering you up would only worry them. Lucky didn't want to reconnect with his family, he wanted to say hi then goodbye and leave without attaching himself to anyone.

The priest looked up, "A close friend of theirs would like to speak on their behalf, Elizabeth Morgan."

Elizabeth nervously looked at Jason who slightly frowned at her for the occasion, but encouraged her to speak, "It's ok." He whispered.

She slowly got up and smiled at the crowd that remained faceless today, "Nicholas and Emily were two people that had a significant role in my life and the lives of everyone here today."

Lucky smiled one last time, "It's now or never."

"Emily was my best friend, a brilliant doctor, a sister, a daughter, a mother, and a wife. Even though they weren't married Nicholas and Emily were already married in their hearts," Elizabeth looked down at her notes trying to keep her composure, "The same can be said for Nicholas, my best friend, a excellent business man, a brother, a father, and a prince." She slightly laughed along with the rest of the crowd knowing that Nicholas really was royalty, but he was a prince in his character, in the way he treated everyone around him, in the way he loved Emily.

Putting his hand on the door he opened the car door.

"If you knew Nicholas and Emily you knew that they were perfect for each other even when they weren't together they remained the best of friends. The night they died, they loved a lifetimes worth," Elizabeth looked down almost losing it.

"Grace, dignity, generosity, kindness, unconditional love, we all know that Emily personified those qualities, but there was something else, something that wasn't quite apparent and that is what I would like to address first," she paused.

He closed the door and walked to the curb, one step closer to being reunited with the people that needed him today.

"If she wanted you to do the right which was always clear to her she would win you over with calm and reason and before you knew it you were doing exactly what she suggested. And if you chose to do the very thing she urged you not to her love never wavered because she was loyal to the people she loved no matter what. Especially her notorious slaying nutty family never had a child that was so unlike the family that adopted her at least on the surface, but as it turned out she was a perfect fit."

He hesitated putting his hand on the door.

Elizabeth smiled as much as she could at Edward and then Monica, "I know you can barely think right now, but when you can I hope you take comfort in knowing that you more than anyone changed the course of Emily's life. You came along when she need you the most you. You took her into your heart into your home you and Alan became her inspiration. You gave her focus and ambition and I know that she never stopped being grateful for that. More than anything or anyone the Quartermaines were responsible for shaping the incredible woman she turned out to be, you should all be very proud."

He opened the door and slowly, but quietly closed the door behind him where he wandered to the door that wasn't propped open.

"Emily had a wonderful family, but she also had a wonderful brother that she kept close to her heart, Jason," she looked down at him.

Lucky knew she was right, no matter how much he despised the man, which was an understatement. Emily defended him, just like he would defend Lulu or Nicholas, you defend the people you love and Emily did that, "He owned a place in her heart, a place reserved for him and only him, he wasn't just her brother, he was her hero." She took a deep pause before panning to the medical staff.

"Emily was known for making families beyond her own, especially with the people she worked with. Epiphany, Patrick, Bobbie, Dr. Ford, Emily learned so much about the power of medical team work, but she also had her family of girl friends, Robin, Kelly, Lainey whom will always have Jakes," she smiled at them remembering the good times they had.

Elizabeth looked down at two pictures, she was happy that Emily had experienced mother hood. "There was one other thing that Emily loved more than being a doctor or being with her favorite girls, Emily loved to be a mother. Even though she wasn't Spencer's mother, she did her best to be the mother he deserved; she risked her life to save him, she'd do anything for that little boy…"

She looked down remembering the moment as she spoke, "I'll never forget when Emily told me last fall that she was pregnant. She was completely ecstatic saying to me 'Elizabeth…this is great our kids are gonna grow up together, they're gonna be best friends just like us." The tears were slowly building up in her eyes.

Glancing at Monica for Monica was the one to help her in situations like this, "Emily never thought she'd be able to have children because of the cancer and when Paige was born prematurely in May, Emily was scared, but like many times before Nicholas didn't let her give up or lose hope. He made her see that anything is possible and they got their miracle. I had never seen her so happy, being a mother to both of Spencer and Paige was the high light of her life, they will always know what love is and will always know how much their mother and father loved them," Elizabeth hoped she had done right so far, but there was one thing still hanging over her head.

Elizabeth took another deep breathe, "There is one more person that I'd like to point out who had a huge, tremendous effect on Emily's life."

Lucky looked in a mirror and straightened his tie, this was his queue, "He couldn't be here today, but without him Emily and Nicholas probably would have never met, he was her first real friend, he held the four of us together, the musketeers…" She looked down slightly laughing.

"I'd like to mention…" She looked up and there in the doorway was the man she thought would never return, "Lucky…" She looked at him in disbelief and so did everyone else as they turned around in their seats to see Lucky Spencer standing before them.